or so

美 [ɔːr soʊ]英 [ɔː(r) səʊ]
  • 大约,…左右,…上下
or soor so

adv

1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old
I've had about all I can stand
we meet about once a month
some forty people came
weighs around a hundred pounds
roughly $3,000
holds 3 gallons, more or less
20 or so people were at the party
Synonym: approximately about close to just about some roughly more or less around

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  1. You can back up another two feet or so .

    你可以再退两英尺左右。

  2. It 'll cost € 100 or so .

    这大约要花100欧元。

  3. George is going to help me , or so he says .

    乔治会帮我——他是这么说的。

  4. She never saw him again ─ or so the story goes .

    从此她再没有见过他——或者据说如此。

  5. There were twenty or so people there .

    那儿有差不多二十个人。

  6. We are expecting thirty or so people to come .

    我们预计要来三十人左右。

  7. We wandered about the town for an hour or so .

    我们在城里到处游逛了一个小时左右。

  8. By a curious twist of fate we met again only a week or so later .

    由于命运巧妙的安排,大约只过了一周我们又相逢了。

  9. In a day or so he will be as good as new .

    他大概一天工夫就会恢复过来。

  10. I would put her age at about 50 or so

    我认为她的年龄在50岁上下。

  11. There was nothing more he wanted , or so he thought

    他再无所求,或者说他是这么想的。

  12. The war had ended only a month or so before .

    战争大约一个月前才刚刚结束。

  13. Some seed varieties germinate fast , so check every day or so

    有一些种子发芽快,所以差不多每天得察看一下。

  14. Great clouds of black smoke were rising for several hundred feet or so .

    大片的黑色烟云升至大约几百英尺的空中。

  15. We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success

    我们还得等一周左右才能知道手术是否成功。

  16. Matt got me a room there for a week or so when I first came here

    我初次来到这里的时候,马特找了个房间让我住了大约一个星期。

  17. Though rates are heading down , they still offer real returns of 8 % or so

    尽管利率在下降,它们仍然能提供8%左右的实际收益率。

  18. He did buy me those daffodils a week or so ago

    他确实在大约一个星期前给我买了那些水仙花。

  19. Usually when we 're six months or so into a recovery , confidence begins to build .

    通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。

  20. Very little was done to progress the case in the first 10 or so months after K was charged .

    在K被指控后最初的10个月左右,这个案子进展缓慢。

  21. Dunk new plants in a bucket of water for an hour or so before planting .

    栽种新植物之前将它们在水桶中浸泡一小时左右。

  22. I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away

    我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。

  23. There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the railway station

    在火车站附近大约有100家旅馆。

  24. The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry .

    司机通常花4小时左右的时间帮忙装货和打理货车。

  25. It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing

    仅仅约一个小时之后,我发现我的枪不见了。

  26. They felt that , at 69 or so , Mr Peters was past his prime .

    他们觉得69岁左右的彼得斯先生已经风光不再了。

  27. Many of the 100,000 or so families who lost their homes in the earthquake have still not been rehoused

    有10万户左右的家庭在地震中失去了家园,其中许多家庭还没有得到安置。

  28. The alterations to your coat will take a week or so .

    改你的外套需要一个星期左右。

  29. Completion of this bridge is expected in a year or so .

    这座桥一年半载可望竣工。

  30. He will return in a week or so .

    他在一星期左右以后回来。